History of science

A collection of new essays on Ernst Mach''s scientific and philosophical thought by leading Mach scholars.

An innovative account of the first nuclear programme in independent Africa, centring on the promises and perils of atomic research in Ghana.

Authoritative, accessible and abundantly illustrated, this book presents a broad history of reproduction over the long term.

Surveys the ecological impacts of World War I, showing how the war had a global impact on the environment.

Examines the post-mortem journeys of bodies, body-parts, organs, and brains in modern British medical research.

Feeding the World documents the emergence of Brazil as an agricultural powerhouse during the second half of the twentieth century.

An engaging account of the research and key findings on Taï chimpanzees to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this project.

Examines the post-mortem journeys of bodies, body-parts, organs, and brains in modern British medical research.

A path-breaking study of national, imperial and indigenous interests at stake in a controversial German expedition to British India.

The first thorough English commentary on the geographical books of the Natural History of Pliny the Elder.

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A philosophical examination of the deep past, and how paleontologists, archaeologists and geologists tell its story.

An ontological account of the unity of science, focusing on the role of natural kinds and pluralism vs ontological reductionism.

Against the dogma that mental disorders are diseases, this Element argues that mental disorders are biological kinds with harmful effects.

An accessible overview of the contemporary philosophy of causation, introducing the central theories, concepts and key tools.

Will revolutionize reader''s understanding of the principles of modern genetics, Nazi racial policies and the relationship between them.

Presents a collection of essays from leading physicists, philosophers and historians of science providing perspectives on the epistemic status of fundamental physics.

A philosophical examination of the deep past, and how paleontologists, archaeologists and geologists tell its story.

Combining personal stories of motivation with new research this book offers a holistic picture of primate conservation in the Anthropocene.

An ontological account of the unity of science, focusing on the role of natural kinds and pluralism vs ontological reductionism.

Surveys major topics in the epistemology of big data based scientific approaches and defends an inductivist view of these approaches.

Against the dogma that mental disorders are diseases, this Element argues that mental disorders are biological kinds with harmful effects.

Traces the development of pure mathematics during the long nineteenth century in Britain, with extensive references and primary sources.

Will revolutionize reader''s understanding of the principles of modern genetics, Nazi racial policies and the relationship between them.

Surveys the ecological impacts of World War I, showing how the war had a global impact on the environment.

Nieto-Galan examines the political role of chemistry in twentieth-century Spain, enriching understandings of the relationship between science and power.

Nieto-Galan examines the political role of chemistry in twentieth-century Spain, enriching understandings of the relationship between science and power.

Letters from 1878, when Darwin experimented with his son Francis on plant movements such as sleep and circumnutation.

Authoritative, accessible and abundantly illustrated, this book presents a broad history of reproduction over the long term.

Provides a detailed introductory overview of science, medicine and mathematics in ancient cultures.

The first thorough English commentary on the geographical books of the Natural History of Pliny the Elder.

An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.

An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.

Presents a collection of essays from leading physicists, philosophers and historians of science providing perspectives on the epistemic status of fundamental physics.

A window into cultures of scientific practice drawing on the collection of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science.

The first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.

The first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.

A ground breaking study of primates that live in flooded habitats around the world.

Celebrates the creativity of humanity by examining the history of technology as a strategy to solve real-world problems.

An overview of the collapse theories of quantum mechanics written by distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics.

A wide-ranging survey of predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology through the twentieth century.

A novel and up-to-date approach to quantum mechanics that extends the standard formalism to cover the observer and their apparatus.

A wide-ranging survey of predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology through the twentieth century.

A novel and up-to-date approach to quantum mechanics that extends the standard formalism to cover the observer and their apparatus.

An innovative history of astronomy in China, 221 BCE–750 CE, stressing plurality, change and the unifying power of myth-making.

This book introduces readers to the application of evolutionary ideas to moral thinking and justification, presenting contrasting perspectives on controversial issues.

A new social history of botany in Britain and France, 1760–1815, demonstrating the significance of commerce, horticulture and amateur scholarship.

This work explains the underfunding of early insurance and annuity schemes, and proposes a new view of how actuarial science developed as a discipline.

Time stands at the heart of human experience.

A narrative history of the nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the Marshall Islands from 1946 to 1958.